Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Ice Roads and Ice Trails Construction and Maintenance Activities on Alaska's North Slope, 88014 [2024-25813]
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Administration
[RTID 0648–XE431]
Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Ice Roads and Ice Trails
Construction and Maintenance
Activities on Alaska’s North Slope
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of revised
Letter of Authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, its implementing
regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA
Regulations for Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to ice road and ice
trail construction, maintenance, and
operation in Alaska’s North Slope,
notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued a revised Letter of
Authorization (LOA) to Hilcorp Alaska,
LLC (Hilcorp), in place of Eni US
Operating Co. Inc. (Eni), for the take of
marine mammals incidental to specified
construction and maintenance activities.
DATES: The LOA is effective through
November 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The LOA, original LOA
request, request for transferal, and
supporting documentation are available
online at: https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/action/incidental-takeauthorization-hilcorp-alaska-and-eniice-road-and-ice-trail-construction-and.
In case of problems accessing these
documents, please call the contact listed
below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenna Harlacher, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
incidental take authorization (ITA) may
be provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of such species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth. The definitions of all applicable
MMPA statutory terms cited above are
included in the relevant sections below.
NMFS issued regulations in 2020 that
govern the taking of marine mammals
incidental to ice road and ice trail
construction, maintenance, and
operation in Alaska’s North Slope. The
regulations, which are effective through
November 30, 2025, were issued in
response to an application from Hilcorp
Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp) and Eni US
Operating Co. Inc. (Eni) (85 FR 83451,
December 22, 2020). Under those
regulations, NMFS issued LOAs to
Hilcorp and Eni (85 FR 83451).
Description of the activities, as well as
analysis related to the issuance of those
LOAs, is available in the proposed and
final rules (85 FR 2988, January 17,
2020; 85 FR 83451, December 22, 2020).
Summary of Request
On October 4, 2024, Hilcorp requested
the transfer of Eni’s LOA to Hilcorp
because Hilcorp was expected to
become the owner and operator of the
Unit previously owned and operated by
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Eni as of November 1, 2024. Eni
confirmed this in an October 23, 2024,
letter to NMFS. Hilcorp agrees to
comply with the terms, conditions,
stipulations, and restrictions of the
original LOA to Eni. No other changes
were requested. The revised LOA
remains effective through November 30,
2025.
The revised LOA sets forth only a
change in the LOA holder’s name. There
are no other changes to the LOA as
described in the December 22, 2020,
final rule and notice of issuance of
LOAs (85 FR 83451).
Authorization
NMFS is changing the name of the
holder of the LOA from ‘‘Eni’’ to
‘‘Hilcorp’’.
Dated: November 1, 2024.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE431]
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Ice Roads and Ice Trails Construction and Maintenance
Activities on Alaska's North Slope
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of revised Letter of Authorization.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended, its implementing regulations, and NMFS' MMPA Regulations for
Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to ice road and ice trail
construction, maintenance, and operation in Alaska's North Slope,
notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued a revised Letter of
Authorization (LOA) to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp), in place of Eni
US Operating Co. Inc. (Eni), for the take of marine mammals incidental
to specified construction and maintenance activities.
DATES: The LOA is effective through November 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The LOA, original LOA request, request for transferal, and
supporting documentation are available online at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/incidental-take-authorization-hilcorp-alaska-and-eni-ice-road-and-ice-trail-construction-and. In case of
problems accessing these documents, please call the contact listed
below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenna Harlacher, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ``take'' of marine mammals with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated to NMFS) to
allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a
specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings are made and either regulations
are issued or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a
proposed incidental take authorization (ITA) may be provided to the
public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or
stock(s) and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for taking for subsistence uses
(where relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe the permissible methods
of taking and other ``means of effecting the least practicable adverse
impact'' on the affected species or stocks and their habitat, paying
particular attention to rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of similar
significance, and on the availability of such species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses (referred to in shorthand as
``mitigation''); and requirements pertaining to the mitigation,
monitoring and reporting of such takings are set forth. The definitions
of all applicable MMPA statutory terms cited above are included in the
relevant sections below.
NMFS issued regulations in 2020 that govern the taking of marine
mammals incidental to ice road and ice trail construction, maintenance,
and operation in Alaska's North Slope. The regulations, which are
effective through November 30, 2025, were issued in response to an
application from Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp) and Eni US Operating Co.
Inc. (Eni) (85 FR 83451, December 22, 2020). Under those regulations,
NMFS issued LOAs to Hilcorp and Eni (85 FR 83451). Description of the
activities, as well as analysis related to the issuance of those LOAs,
is available in the proposed and final rules (85 FR 2988, January 17,
2020; 85 FR 83451, December 22, 2020).
Summary of Request
On October 4, 2024, Hilcorp requested the transfer of Eni's LOA to
Hilcorp because Hilcorp was expected to become the owner and operator
of the Unit previously owned and operated by Eni as of November 1,
2024. Eni confirmed this in an October 23, 2024, letter to NMFS.
Hilcorp agrees to comply with the terms, conditions, stipulations, and
restrictions of the original LOA to Eni. No other changes were
requested. The revised LOA remains effective through November 30, 2025.
The revised LOA sets forth only a change in the LOA holder's name.
There are no other changes to the LOA as described in the December 22,
2020, final rule and notice of issuance of LOAs (85 FR 83451).
Authorization
NMFS is changing the name of the holder of the LOA from ``Eni'' to
``Hilcorp''.
Dated: November 1, 2024.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-25813 Filed 11-5-24; 8:45 am]
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